Wheeler v. Pilgrim's Pride Corp.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Once more a federal court is called to say that the purpose of the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921 is to protect competition and, therefore, only those practices that will likely affect competition adversely violate the Act. That is this holding.

This appeal is concerned only with § 202 of the Packers and Stockyards Act (“PSA”) enacted in 19211 to cope with market control of the meat packing industry by five companies. That section as it stands today, codified as 7 U.S.C. § 192, is set forth in the appendix and referred to hereafter as codified. Congress has amended…